Editorial Open Access
Volume 4 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/rheumatology.4.022
The pathology and science of articular cartilage repair
Anjali Goyal1,*
- 1Professor, Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, India
Corresponding Author
Anjali Goyal, anjali@knee.in
Received Date: March 20, 2023
Accepted Date: March 14, 2024
Goyal A. The pathology and science of articular cartilage repair. Curr Rheumatol Res. 2024;4(1):9-10.
Copyright: © 2024 Goyal A. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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